AMD Radeon R9 280X
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X
AMD Radeon R9 280X
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

231
Place in performance rating
85
10.96
Value for money (0-100)
12.46
GCN
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Tahiti
Code name
GM200
Desktop
Type
Desktop
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
17 March 2015 (6 years ago)
$299
Launch price (MSRP)
$999
$330 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$650 (0.7x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
9.36
Value for money
24.68
Thaiti XTL
GPU code name
GM200
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 280X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2048
Pipelines
3072
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Core clock speed
1000 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost Clock
1075 MHz
4,313 million
Transistor count
8,000 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
128.0
Texture fill rate
192 billion/sec
4,096 gflops
Floating-point performance
6,691 gflops
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CUDA cores
3072
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3072
1000 MHz
Boost clock speed
1075 MHz
4,313 million
Number of transistors
8,000 million
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 280X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
275 mm
Length
10.5" (26.7 cm)
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin + 8-pin
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SLI options
4x
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Recommended system power (PSU)
600 Watt
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon R9 280X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
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Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
288 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
336.5 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
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Multi monitor support
4 displays
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HDCP
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
+
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
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Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 280X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X is the additional functionality.

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GPU Boost
2.0
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CUDA
+
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GameStream
+
no data
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
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GameWorks
+
+
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
+
HD3D
no data
1
LiquidVR
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
1
TressFX
no data
+
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 280X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
+
Vulkan
1.1.126
5.1
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
1.2
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 280X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R9 280X or NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 280X

Cheaper ($330 (1.1x MSRP) vs $650 (0.7x MSRP))

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X

32.99% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (3072 vs 2048)

More maximum RAM amount (12 GB vs 3 GB)

More memory bandwidth (336.5 GB/s vs 288 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon R9 280X or NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X .

AMD Radeon R9 280X versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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